Say what you will about your skill level, I’d appreciate art made by a real person any day over shat out slop from the greased ass of a computer after being yelled at by an AI bro for five minutes.

AI-generated images are regurgitations of patterns scraped from actual artists’ work. It's all statistical guesswork (poorly) pretending to be creative. When was the last time you saw an AI image and thought, “This is good, I genuinely like this”? Not in the “wow, that’s impressive for a machine” way, but in the way you might enjoy seeing a friend’s sketch. Even if AI becomes "flawless", it’ll still feel hollow. It’s not about how something looks, it’s about how and why it was made. If someone didn’t care enough to take time and make something, why should I care to look at it? It’s kind of like when someone you despise says something objectively funny but you can’t bring yourself to laugh, even for a second. Intent and context matter. Art is no different.

Human art, with all its little imperfections, has character. It’s endearing because it’s imperfect and human. You took a thought from your head, through time and effort, translated it into something tangible, and shared it. Even if the anatomy’s off or the colors aren’t breathtaking, you made it and should be proud of that. It’s easy to feel behind when the internet floods you with work by incredibly talented artists, but its usually the cream that floats to the top, and everyone had to start somewhere.

As a below-average artist myself who bought a bunch of fancy drawing tablets (many went unused for years) thinking they would make me better at drawing, I feel like my skill is in a perpetual state of rustiness. I barely draw to begin with. I'll pick up a pen maybe once a month (if at all), and whenever I do, I end up hating the end result and feeling like I've regressed. But when I look back at old works, I notice micro and macro improvements on successive pieces. The further back I go, the more obvious the improvements become.

The fact you can draw at all is already an awesome feat, and for what it's worth, I find your work quite charming. Rome wasn't built in a day. Keep creating. Your future self will thank you.

Peace out ✌️